Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture.
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Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture.
In the conclusion of my series on the moral panics of the eighties, I look at the development of the Satanic Panic and consider its resurgence today.
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Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include "Cicle DR Valga."
All eighties-style synthwave music, including tracks "Unsolved Mystery," "80s Sci Fi Movie Theme," "Virtual Death," "Oculus," "Game Over," "Wicked City," "The Call," and "Doomsday," is by Karl Casey of White Bat Audio, licensed under a Creative Commons attribution license.
Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy" and "Chance," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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Historical Blindness
Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture.
